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<caption class="r systemtitle">Outcomes of Applications for Disability Benefits <br></br> Table 63. <br></br> Medical decisions at the hearing level or above, by year of application and program, 2008�2017</caption>
 
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<th rowspan="2">Year</th>
<th colspan="3">All decisions</th>
<th colspan="3">Decisions on applications for Social Security only</th>
<th colspan="3">Decisions on applications for both Social Security and SSI</th>
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<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a</sup> (percent)</th>
<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a</sup> (percent)</th>
<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a,b</sup> (percent)</th>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">All&nbsp;disabled&nbsp;beneficiaries</td>
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<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">      10,675</td>
<td class="r data">       8,711</td>
<td class="r data">    81.6</td>
<td class="r data">       5,986</td>
<td class="r data">       5,102</td>
<td class="r data">    85.2</td>
<td class="r data">       4,689</td>
<td class="r data">       3,609</td>
<td class="r data">    77.0</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">      12,648</td>
<td class="r data">       9,891</td>
<td class="r data">    78.2</td>
<td class="r data">       6,948</td>
<td class="r data">       5,728</td>
<td class="r data">    82.4</td>
<td class="r data">       5,700</td>
<td class="r data">       4,163</td>
<td class="r data">    73.0</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">      14,379</td>
<td class="r data">      10,789</td>
<td class="r data">    75.0</td>
<td class="r data">       7,880</td>
<td class="r data">       6,252</td>
<td class="r data">    79.3</td>
<td class="r data">       6,499</td>
<td class="r data">       4,537</td>
<td class="r data">    69.8</td>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">      15,421</td>
<td class="r data">      11,093</td>
<td class="r data">    71.9</td>
<td class="r data">       8,485</td>
<td class="r data">       6,465</td>
<td class="r data">    76.2</td>
<td class="r data">       6,936</td>
<td class="r data">       4,628</td>
<td class="r data">    66.7</td>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">      16,157</td>
<td class="r data">      10,947</td>
<td class="r data">    67.8</td>
<td class="r data">       8,742</td>
<td class="r data">       6,342</td>
<td class="r data">    72.5</td>
<td class="r data">       7,415</td>
<td class="r data">       4,605</td>
<td class="r data">    62.1</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">      16,695</td>
<td class="r data">      10,590</td>
<td class="r data">    63.4</td>
<td class="r data">       9,155</td>
<td class="r data">       6,296</td>
<td class="r data">    68.8</td>
<td class="r data">       7,540</td>
<td class="r data">       4,294</td>
<td class="r data">    56.9</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">      16,265</td>
<td class="r data">      10,163</td>
<td class="r data">    62.5</td>
<td class="r data">       9,070</td>
<td class="r data">       6,097</td>
<td class="r data">    67.2</td>
<td class="r data">       7,195</td>
<td class="r data">       4,066</td>
<td class="r data">    56.5</td>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">      12,760</td>
<td class="r data">       8,356</td>
<td class="r data">    65.5</td>
<td class="r data">       7,513</td>
<td class="r data">       5,331</td>
<td class="r data">    71.0</td>
<td class="r data">       5,247</td>
<td class="r data">       3,025</td>
<td class="r data">    57.7</td>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">       5,446</td>
<td class="r data">       3,536</td>
<td class="r data">    64.9</td>
<td class="r data">       3,255</td>
<td class="r data">       2,269</td>
<td class="r data">    69.7</td>
<td class="r data">       2,191</td>
<td class="r data">       1,267</td>
<td class="r data">    57.8</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">         602</td>
<td class="r data">         345</td>
<td class="r data">    57.3</td>
<td class="r data">         381</td>
<td class="r data">         244</td>
<td class="r data">    64.0</td>
<td class="r data">         221</td>
<td class="r data">         101</td>
<td class="r data">    45.7</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Workers</td>
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<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">      10,284</td>
<td class="r data">       8,403</td>
<td class="r data">    81.7</td>
<td class="r data">       5,798</td>
<td class="r data">       4,947</td>
<td class="r data">    85.3</td>
<td class="r data">       4,486</td>
<td class="r data">       3,456</td>
<td class="r data">    77.0</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">      12,231</td>
<td class="r data">       9,569</td>
<td class="r data">    78.2</td>
<td class="r data">       6,772</td>
<td class="r data">       5,581</td>
<td class="r data">    82.4</td>
<td class="r data">       5,459</td>
<td class="r data">       3,988</td>
<td class="r data">    73.1</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">      13,934</td>
<td class="r data">      10,470</td>
<td class="r data">    75.1</td>
<td class="r data">       7,684</td>
<td class="r data">       6,099</td>
<td class="r data">    79.4</td>
<td class="r data">       6,250</td>
<td class="r data">       4,371</td>
<td class="r data">    69.9</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">      14,957</td>
<td class="r data">      10,746</td>
<td class="r data">    71.8</td>
<td class="r data">       8,270</td>
<td class="r data">       6,297</td>
<td class="r data">    76.1</td>
<td class="r data">       6,687</td>
<td class="r data">       4,449</td>
<td class="r data">    66.5</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">      15,611</td>
<td class="r data">      10,560</td>
<td class="r data">    67.6</td>
<td class="r data">       8,492</td>
<td class="r data">       6,150</td>
<td class="r data">    72.4</td>
<td class="r data">       7,119</td>
<td class="r data">       4,410</td>
<td class="r data">    61.9</td>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">      16,158</td>
<td class="r data">      10,261</td>
<td class="r data">    63.5</td>
<td class="r data">       8,920</td>
<td class="r data">       6,134</td>
<td class="r data">    68.8</td>
<td class="r data">       7,238</td>
<td class="r data">       4,127</td>
<td class="r data">    57.0</td>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">      15,767</td>
<td class="r data">       9,842</td>
<td class="r data">    62.4</td>
<td class="r data">       8,858</td>
<td class="r data">       5,960</td>
<td class="r data">    67.3</td>
<td class="r data">       6,909</td>
<td class="r data">       3,882</td>
<td class="r data">    56.2</td>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">      12,393</td>
<td class="r data">       8,104</td>
<td class="r data">    65.4</td>
<td class="r data">       7,330</td>
<td class="r data">       5,193</td>
<td class="r data">    70.8</td>
<td class="r data">       5,063</td>
<td class="r data">       2,911</td>
<td class="r data">    57.5</td>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">       5,266</td>
<td class="r data">       3,412</td>
<td class="r data">    64.8</td>
<td class="r data">       3,157</td>
<td class="r data">       2,194</td>
<td class="r data">    69.5</td>
<td class="r data">       2,109</td>
<td class="r data">       1,218</td>
<td class="r data">    57.8</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">         564</td>
<td class="r data">         314</td>
<td class="r data">    55.7</td>
<td class="r data">         357</td>
<td class="r data">         223</td>
<td class="r data">    62.5</td>
<td class="r data">         207</td>
<td class="r data">          91</td>
<td class="r data">    44.0</td>
</tr>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Widow(er)s</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">         378</td>
<td class="r data">         304</td>
<td class="r data">    80.4</td>
<td class="r data">         182</td>
<td class="r data">         152</td>
<td class="r data">    83.5</td>
<td class="r data">         196</td>
<td class="r data">         152</td>
<td class="r data">    77.6</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">         395</td>
<td class="r data">         318</td>
<td class="r data">    80.5</td>
<td class="r data">         168</td>
<td class="r data">         144</td>
<td class="r data">    85.7</td>
<td class="r data">         227</td>
<td class="r data">         174</td>
<td class="r data">    76.7</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">         430</td>
<td class="r data">         312</td>
<td class="r data">    72.6</td>
<td class="r data">         185</td>
<td class="r data">         148</td>
<td class="r data">    80.0</td>
<td class="r data">         245</td>
<td class="r data">         164</td>
<td class="r data">    66.9</td>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">         451</td>
<td class="r data">         343</td>
<td class="r data">    76.1</td>
<td class="r data">         206</td>
<td class="r data">         164</td>
<td class="r data">    79.6</td>
<td class="r data">         245</td>
<td class="r data">         179</td>
<td class="r data">    73.1</td>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">         525</td>
<td class="r data">         378</td>
<td class="r data">    72.0</td>
<td class="r data">         238</td>
<td class="r data">         185</td>
<td class="r data">    77.7</td>
<td class="r data">         287</td>
<td class="r data">         193</td>
<td class="r data">    67.2</td>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">         521</td>
<td class="r data">         325</td>
<td class="r data">    62.4</td>
<td class="r data">         227</td>
<td class="r data">         160</td>
<td class="r data">    70.5</td>
<td class="r data">         294</td>
<td class="r data">         165</td>
<td class="r data">    56.1</td>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">         485</td>
<td class="r data">         317</td>
<td class="r data">    65.4</td>
<td class="r data">         200</td>
<td class="r data">         133</td>
<td class="r data">    66.5</td>
<td class="r data">         285</td>
<td class="r data">         184</td>
<td class="r data">    64.6</td>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">         358</td>
<td class="r data">         249</td>
<td class="r data">    69.6</td>
<td class="r data">         176</td>
<td class="r data">         136</td>
<td class="r data">    77.3</td>
<td class="r data">         182</td>
<td class="r data">         113</td>
<td class="r data">    62.1</td>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">         176</td>
<td class="r data">         124</td>
<td class="r data">    70.5</td>
<td class="r data">          96</td>
<td class="r data">          75</td>
<td class="r data">    78.1</td>
<td class="r data">          80</td>
<td class="r data">          49</td>
<td class="r data">    61.3</td>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">          38</td>
<td class="r data">          31</td>
<td class="r data">    81.6</td>
<td class="r data">          24</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">          14</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Adult&nbsp;children</td>
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<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">          13</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           6</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           7</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">          22</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">    18.2</td>
<td class="r data">           8</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">          14</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">          15</td>
<td class="r data">           7</td>
<td class="r data">    46.7</td>
<td class="r data">          11</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">          13</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">    30.8</td>
<td class="r data">           9</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">    44.4</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">           0</td>
<td class="r data">     0.0</td>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">          21</td>
<td class="r data">           9</td>
<td class="r data">    42.9</td>
<td class="r data">          12</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           9</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">          16</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">    25.0</td>
<td class="r data">           8</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           8</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">          13</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">    30.8</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           0</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">           9</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">           0</td>
<td class="r data">     0.0</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           0</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           0</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td colspan="10" class="footer">SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Disability Research file, 100 percent data. <br></br> NOTES: Data are current through July 2018. <br></br> Because a number of applications remain pending for more recent years, the allowance rate will change over time. <br></br> Applications with a medical decision may be pending a final nonmedical decision or be subsequently denied for nonmedical reasons. <br></br> A revised process was introduced on October 1, 1999, in 10 states, under which initial denials could be appealed directly to the hearing level without a reconsideration. <br></br> Data from 1992 through 1998 are available for disabled workers only. <br></br> SSI = Supplemental Security Income. <br></br> a. Rate determined by dividing medical allowances by all medical decisions for that year. <br></br> b. Rate for the Social Security portion only. <br></br> CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
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